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Captain Black

           Withoutrealizinghowithadcomeabout,thecombatmeninthesquadrondiscoveredthemselvesdominatedbytheadministratorsappointedtoservethem.Theywerebullied,insulted,harassedandshovedaboutalldaylongbyoneaftertheother.Whentheyvoicedobjection,CaptainBlackrepliedthatpeoplewhowereloyalwouldnotmindsigningalltheloyaltyoathstheyhadto.Toanyonewhoquestionedtheeffectivenessoftheloyaltyoaths,herepliedthatpeoplewhoreallydidoweallegiancetotheircountrywouldbeproudtopledgeitasoftenasheforcedthemto.Andtoanyonewhoquestionedthemorality,herepliedthat"TheStar-SpangledBanner"wasthegreatestpieceofmusicevercomposed.Themoreloyaltyoathsapersonsigned,themoreloyalhewas;toCaptainBlackitwasassimpleasthat,andhehadCorporalKolodnysignhundredswithhisnameeachdaysothathecouldalwaysprovehewasmoreloyalthananyoneelse.

           "Theimportantthingistokeepthempledging,"heexplainedtohiscohorts."Itdoesn’tmatterwhethertheymeanitornot.That’swhytheymakelittlekidspledgeallegianceevenbeforetheyknowwhat‘pledge’and‘allegiance’mean."

           ToCaptainPiltchardandCaptainWren,theGloriousLoyaltyOathCrusadewasagloriouspainintheass,sinceitcomplicatedtheirtaskoforganizingthecrewsforeachcombatmission.Menweretiedupalloverthesquadronsigning,pledgingandsinging,andthemissionstookhourslongertogetunderway.

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